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Equality on Divorce?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2001

Joanna Miles
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As Lord Nicholls observed, “Divorce creates many problems”. Not least of these is determining the basis on which property should be divided between divorcing spouses, a problem with which the House of Lords had to grapple for the first time in White v. White [2000] 3 W.L.R. 1571. The case required consideration of the principles which should guide exercise of the discretion under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to make capital awards, in particular in so-called “big money” cases. But the decision invites discussion of issues extending beyond the concerns of the super-rich.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 46 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2001

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